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Friday, 31 May 2013

Good Morning to you all, I am just popping in to announce the winners of our May challenge.

The were awesome really awesome entries and myself and the DT thoroughly enjoyed looks at all your work, our thanks to you all for joining in again this month. But as always decisions had to be made and I am pleased to announce this months winner is............................

Saturday, 18 May 2013

In our May mid month post we are spotlighting on Franceasca and you can read a little about her crafting below. She has also created another lovely card following this months Embossing and Texture theme, looks like some stamping onto fabric there Francesca, very nice.............

Here are her answers to the questions put to the DT..................

Q) When did your love of stamping begin?

A) I started stamping in 2004 when I couldn't find any wedding invites I liked
my friend suggested I made them after hours of looking on the internet I found a stamp I really liked,
bought it, made my invites and have been creating since.

Q) What do you enjoy most about it?

A) How one stamp can look so different depended on the way you use it .

Q) What is your favourite make of stamp ?

A) Wow this is hard I do have a lot of different stamps that I adore mainly
anything cute.

Q) What is your most used stamp/product and why?

A) My most used product must be my copic pens I will use them on most cards
and love spending time colouring.

Q) What colours to you most enjoy working with ?

A) My favourite colour combination is pink and green it can be used for so
many different occasions.

Q) What inspires your designs?

A) Everything can give me inspiration, if I am making the card for a specific
person I get inspired by their likes.

Thanks for looking everyone and if you have not already joined in this month I really hope you will do so, there is still a couple of weeks to get your thinking cap on.

Sunday, 5 May 2013

Good Morning to you all, I hope you are all ready for our new challenge and of course a fabulous new sponsor..........Tonic Studios who are offering a fabulous prize of the Peruvian Lily Pick of the Bunch punch and stamp sets and a gorgeous lattice window die also from the same range all designed by our very own mega talented Ruth.

Out theme this month as chosen by our teamie Francesca is......................

********Embossing and Texture********

Any sort of embossing goes be it dry or heat embossing and with so many fabulous dies and embossing folders available the sky is the limit and I am sure you are going to come up with some awesome entries, as you always do of course.

Tonic Studios who are this months sponsor are synonymous with quality and precision
cutting products from scissors to punches, guillotines to dies. During the last
year they have extended their range of products to high quality clear stamps
and very recently released their own design papers. Their products are
available from many High Street craft stores and frequently feature on Create
and Craft TV.

The March winner of your challenge was Flissand this month we are really pleased to welcome her as our Guest designer, here's the fabby piece of artwork she has created for this months challenge...........

And a little more inspiration for the Design Team and several of them have used Tonic products and shown how versatile they are and can be used in so many different ways.....................

BrendaUsing Tonic Pick of the Bunch Rose Stamp and Punch set and Pick of the Bunch Chrysanthemum, Rudbecki and Lily stamp sets - my embossing is UTEEUsing Tonic Peruvian Lily Punch and Stamp set

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About our Challenge

Stamping Sensations is a monthly challenge and a new one will be posted on the first Sunday of every month.

All winners and Top 3 will be selected by a democratic voting system. As our DT have a wide variety of crafting styles we believe this system will offer an equal opportunity to all levels of crafting abilities.

Following EU guidelines, minors entering the challenge will not be selected for winners or top 3 spots in order to protect their identities.

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All artwork creations featured on this challenge blog are for inspiration only. Please do not directly copy the designs for any purpose unless you have sought the express permission from the person who created them and have the written proof to support that you have done so.